I had a question about the L3 Incubator event that now be found once a month on the church calendar. The shortest explanation is probably that this is an intense year-long continuing education event. For a longer description, I’m going to excerpt an article on the Kansas East Conference website:
The L3 Leadership Incubator system, key to the Kansas Area’s plan to strengthen existing congregations, is a sustainable, peer-group-based, mission-driven, leadership development programs that will include 212 congregations across the state over the next three years.
L3 Leadership Incubator creates an environment where spiritual leaders and ideas are born, nurtured, and developed by using cutting-edge technology and prayerful dialogue. L3 stands for three levels of development: love, learn and lead. L1, loving God and neighbor; L2, learning personal gifts and abilities for the future through investigation of current context and congregation; and L3, implementing an Incubator Ministry Action Plan with others in the church setting.
The Incubator meetings are led by our District Superintendent Janet Maxwell and are being held in Parsons from 9 am to 4 pm. Attendance is a high priority, in fact, Janet has asked that we not even schedule funerals on these days. Because Jenny is not taking the Incubator, she will be available for pastoral care (and funerals) on those days when I’m in attendance.
Links:
http://blog.coffeyvillefirstumc.org/calendar
http://www.kansaseast.org/page.asp?PKValue=847